Q: Can a no contact order be dropped on a domestic battery charge if the state picked it up?
My baby dad mixed Xanax and alcohol and hit me. I didn’t call the police because I was scared of him getting into trouble at the time . The next day I came over to his house to check on him because he wasn’t texting me all day and I was getting worried about him . He again got very irrated with me and was clenching his fist like he was going to hit me again. Because he was in my face screaming at me and I thought he was going to hit me again, I hit him and got him out of my face and left the house. I called the police because he started to come out of his house as I was walking to my car yelling stuff at me . As he was walking towards my car , I called the police and as he saw me calling the police he ran back in his house and got the rest of all of the stuff he had on him out of his house . The cop got there and asked me questions and was on the phone with a prosecutor. I was arrested for domestic battery and have a no contact order with the father of my unborn child. What can I do
A: You need to contact a good criminal defense attorney and hire him/her ASAP. If you cannot afford an attorney then you need to request a public defender. Your first hearing is your Initial Hearing where you will be told of the charges and penalties. The judge will also ask how you plead. DO NOT plead guilty, ask for an attorney (PD) or time to hire an attorney.
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